President Obama’s second term just got under way, but it’s outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton who is far more popular, according to a new Quinnipiac poll testing politicians’ favorability ratings. Need evidence that House Republicans are unpopular? House Speaker John Boehner sits at the bottom of the list, by far, in terms of net favorability. The poll, which surveyed 1,772 registered voters nationally, was conducted between Jan. 30 and Feb. 4. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.
Here’s how all the nine politicians fared, from most popular to least.
+27 net favorability Clinton is flying high after leaving Foggy Bottom and returning to private life. As she decides whether run for president in 2016, she’ll have political capital to spend.Â
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